by REM Editorial Team | Apr 7, 2025 | News
As the 2025 federal election approaches, Real Estate Magazine is keen to understand the perspectives of Canadian real estate professionals on key issues that impact our industry. We’re launching a reader poll to gather your insights on topics ranging from voter...
by Daniel Foch | Apr 2, 2025 | News
In Canada, real estate has long been more than a roof over one’s head. It’s been a store of wealth, a retirement strategy, a family legacy—and increasingly, a fault line in intergenerational fairness. The gap between the haves and have-nots is often measured in...
by Brendon Ogmundson | Nov 6, 2024 | Columnists
When it comes to housing policy, there are never easy answers, and there are always trade-offs that need to be balanced. When the federal government recently announced increasing amortizations to 30 years for first-time homebuyers along with increasing the cap on...
by Trevor Hargreaves | Oct 10, 2024 | Columnists
A challenge in the world of government relations is that it’s inherently a long game. Here in British Columbia, the provincial government has been hearing the desperate voice of the electorate to restore affordability as quickly as possible. This has manifested into a...
by REM Editorial Team | Oct 2, 2024 | Boards & Associations, News
The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) is calling for significant amendments to British Columbia’s short-term rental laws to mitigate the disruption they’ve caused for specific business and tourism sectors across the province, the association...